Al-Qaida cell targeted Oslo synagogue (Jewish Masjid) (OP)
An al-Qaida-linked Algerian terror cell that was broken up by Italian police last fall was planning to carry out attacks on targets in Oslo, Norway, including the city's main synagogue.
Anne Sender, president of Norway's Jewish community, told The Jerusalem Post during a telephone interview from Oslo that local authorities had informed her shortly after the suspects were arrested in November that there existed a credible terrorist threat against the synagogue.
The plot came to light only this week in the wake of a report on Monday in the Norwegian Verdens Gang (VG) newspaper.
"At the time, we were informed by the government that some people had been caught in Italy and that police had found plans indicating that they were targeting the synagogue in Oslo," Sender said.
She added that the threat was considered sufficiently serious that, in its wake, Norwegian police decided to adopt additional, unspecified measures to boost security at the synagogue.
The terrorists, who resided in Italy but were allegedly plotting attacks against sites in Oslo, belonged to an Algerian-based group known as the GSPC, a French acronym which stands for the Salafist Group for Call and Combat.
The GSPC, which has links to al-Qaida, is a splinter faction that broke away from Algeria's Armed Islamic Group in 1996.
Sender praised Norwegian police, but nonetheless expressed concern over the community's security with the approach of the High Holidays.
"To be honest, I do think people are a bit nervous now," she said. "We have good contact and cooperation with the police, but we need to be prepared and to put more security measures in place."
In the past few months, Oslo has been the scene of a number of anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist incidents, including an attack on the synagogue last month, where an unknown perpetrator smashed glass windows and scrawled graffiti on the site after defecating near the entrance.
"99 percent of the time it is fine, it is safe, and there is no problem at all, but we do have these incidents," added Sender. "Maybe we are a little na ve, but we always seem to think that Norway is separate, that it is different and that it is unaffected by what goes on in the rest of the world."
AlQaeda are the small minority who make Muslims as a whole look horrible. I condemn their actions and wish for them to be exterminated.
Kidman
WELL SAID! they are nothing but murderer's of innocent people and children that hide behind masks..cowards..and those that cut heads off are nothing but a lower form of animal..how gross and barbaric in this day and age...all that belongs back in the stone age..:rant:
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format_quote Originally Posted by Littleozzybloke
WELL SAID! they are nothing but murderer's of innocent people and children that hide behind masks..cowards..and those that cut heads off are nothing but a lower form of animal..how gross and barbaric in this day and age...all that belongs back in the stone age..:rant:
Seriously, they are worse than animals because they have a brain but do not use it. They kill people without knowing who this person is, or what they believe, and without even talking or dialoging with these people. If they believe they are right, then show it by example, not by killing a group and scaring people into your religion or belief.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Kidman
Seriously, they are worse than animals because they have a brain but do not use it. They kill people without knowing who this person is, or what they believe, and without even talking or dialoging with these people. If they believe they are right, then show it by example, not by killing a group and scaring people into your religion or belief.
Kidman
Good point ... I think Al Qaeda members are CIA undercovers people.
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format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian
Good point ... I think Al Qaeda members are CIA undercovers people.
Right, the CIA would crash planes into buildings killing USA civilians and spew hatred towards Israel. Please try to keep your comments at a level where people with some sort of sanity could actually take your posts seriously.
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format_quote Originally Posted by therebbe
Right, the CIA would crash planes into buildings killing USA civilians and spew hatred towards Israel. Please try to keep your comments at a level where people with some sort of sanity could actually take your posts seriously.
PS: Conspiracy Theories are not allowed here.
It just a 'thought'..... i dont say it's a fact...duh!!!!
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I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but there has been numerous conspiracy theories about this, and they are still being researched today. Why hasn't the government cleared any of this up and just let it be? Why haven't they released the tape from the gas station that was pointing at the Pentigon when the "plane" hit it? And there's a lot more, just watch Loose Change..
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format_quote Originally Posted by ManchesterFolk
The proof is overwhelming that your little theory is wrong.
You know, and i hope i'm wrong. I wish that no country would do such a thing to their citizens just so they can have an excuse to agress another country. I'm just saying, that their is a lot of arguements going both ways. I don't really want to get into an arguement about it or anything, because there is no solid proof at this point. Maybe in the future something will turn up, maybe not.
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